Resilience & Renewal
Diocesan Convention 2025
Join us for the 130th Annual Meeting of Convention of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Los Angeles: Resilience & Renewal on Friday and Saturday, November 7 and 8, 2025 at the Riverside Convention Center at 3637 5th Street, Riverside 92501.
This year’s Convention is an historic one as the diocese marks the final year of the Rt. Rev. John Harvey Taylor’s nine-year episcopate and delegates gather to elect the VIII Bishop of Los Angeles.
Additional information will be posted on the Convention website and emailed directly to delegates as it becomes available, so please make sure to submit your Representation to Diocesan Convention 2025 form (for congregations and institutions) or Annual Ministry Report form (for non-parochial, non-stipendiary, and retired clergy) as soon as possible to receive these important updates and instructions.
We look forward to seeing you at Convention!
Canon Dr. Steve Nishibayashi, Secretary of Convention
Ms. Samantha Wylie, Convention Coordinator
Pre-Convention Diocesan Presentations and Deanery Assemblies
The annual pre-Convention diocesan presentations will be hosted online in late October following the Bishop candidate meet-and-greets scheduled for the week of October 21-24.
Individual Deanery Assemblies will follow directly after the presentation in breakout rooms in the same Zoom meeting.
- Deaneries 1, 3, 4 & 5 – Saturday, October 25 @ 10 a.m.
- Deaneries 6, 7 & 8 – Saturday, October 25 @ 3 p.m.
- Deaneries 2, 9 & 10 – Saturday, November 1 @ 10 a.m.
Here is the Zoom link to attend. The link is the same for all three meetings. No registration is necessary.
If you are unable to attend your Deanery’s scheduled Zoom, you are welcome to attend the Diocesan presentation on another date.
Schedule
Convention will be called to order on Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. with Holy Eucharist, and recess by 6:00 p.m. that evening.
Business will reconvene on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. and will conclude by 4:00 p.m.
In the unlikely event that a candidate for Bishop has not been elected by 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Convention will not adjourn that afternoon; instead, Convention will recess and reconvene on Sunday, November 9 at 2:00 p.m. at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Pasadena. See more about the Special Rules of Order for the Election of the VIII Bishop of Los Angeles here. These rules have been approved by the Standing Committee and will be adopted as one of the first orders of business on Friday morning.
Voting
A guide on “Who is eligible to vote at Diocesan Convention 2025?” can be found here.
A list of how many lay delegates a faith community is entitled to at Convention 2025 can be found here.
Open elective offices, the current slate of candidates, and the nomination form can be found here. This year includes an election for deputies to General Convention 2027 to be held in Phoenix, AZ.
Information on the Bishop Election can be found here. The slate of candidates is anticipated to be announced on September 12, and the window for petition applicants to apply closes on September 19. Nominations will not be accepted from the Floor. See the Special Rules of Order from the Standing Committee for more information about how this election will take place.
One proposed amendment to the C&C and three resolutions have been submitted for consideration at Convention. Following review by their respective Committees, the text of these items will be published here.
Accessibility
The business sessions, including Eucharist, will be livestreamed on the diocesan Facebook page and YouTube channel.
Spanish translation and ASL interpretation will be provided.
Meals
Coffee and concessions will be available for purchase throughout the day on Friday and Saturday.
A lunch buffet will be served on Friday and Saturday afternoons. Tickets for each day must be purchased in advance here.
Following the conclusion of business on Friday evening, there will be a hospitality reception in the Upper Concourse and then dinner in the Raincross Ballroom. Tickets must be purchased in advance here. Seating will not be assigned.
Hotel accommodations
The Convention office has contracted with the Marriott at the Riverside Convention Center and the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa for a group rate on rooms for Thursday and Friday night. (Click the links to be taken to the reservation page with the group rate automatically applied.)
Exhibit Hall
The Exhibit Hall will be hosted in the Upper Concourse. All are welcome to sign up to host a booth; tables are $150 for the first, and $75 for every additional table. Advertising opportunities are also available. More information about the Exhibit Hall and exhibitor registration can be found here.
A massive thank you to the administrators, treasurers, vestries, rectors, vicars, and more who take the time to fill out this detailed, time-consuming, and absolutely vital report!
Administrative reminders from the Convention Office
PAROCHIAL REPORTS: The online portal to file the 2024 Parochial Report has closed. Late Parochial Reports will need to be submitted as a PDF to the Convention office here.
INFORMES PARROQUIALES: Se ha cerrado el portal en línea para presentar el Informe Parroquial 2024. Los Informes Parroquiales tardíos deberán enviarse en formato PDF a la oficina de la Convención aquí.
2024 blank fillable report | informe parroquia de 2024
AUDITS: Financial audits are due to the Convention office annually by September 1. Please submit them here. Audits must include a certificate or report of the audit as well as the audited financials, including but not limited to the year-end balance sheet and profit & loss statements. (Diocesan C&C, Canon VI, section 6.02)
- From the Episcopal Church: Manual of Business Methods in Church Affairs
AUDITORIAS: Las auditorías financieras deben presentarse anualmente antes del 1 de septiembre. Por favor, envíelos aquí. Las auditorías deben incluir un certificado o informe de la auditoría, así como las finanzas auditadas, incluyendo, pero no limitado a, el balance de fin de año y los estados de pérdidas y ganancias. (C&C diocesana, Canon VI, sección 6,02)
- De la Iglesia Episcopal: Manual de Métodos de Negocios en los Asuntos de la Iglesia
From Diocesan Convention 2024
Contact the Diocesan Convention Office
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